A 49-year-old woman Medinat Faniyi was yesterday arrested by the police in Lagos for alleged child theft.
She was apprehended by operatives attached to Ojokoro Division around 6 pm after hospital workers contacted the police.
The suspect said to have come from Ibadan, Oyo State, pretended to be a patient but suddenly entered the hospital’s female ward where she stole a day-old baby.
The mother of the male baby, who underwent surgery, was said to be sleeping when the woman took her baby.
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Unfortunately for Faniyi, another patient noticed her attempt to escape and notified the hospital’s workers.
The state Police Command spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspect confessed that she came to Lagos with the intention to steal a day-old baby.
Hundeyin said that Faniyi claimed to have been contracted by an Alfa in Ibadan to get a day-old baby for a money ritual.
The Police spokesman added that the suspect, who had before the latest incident stolen a baby, would be prosecuted.